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Tenth Anniversary of the April Blogging from A to Z Challenge after survey opens on May 3, 2019. Reflections open on May 6.

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Meet Kate! Member of Tina's Terrific Team for #atozchallenge

Today we're taking a bit of a break from the advice and the introductions and all the "pre-season training" for something a bit different. When our wonderful assistants stepped up to the plate to be our "beck-and-call minions" we each offered them a chance to use this blog as a platform to say what they wanted. Possibly introduce a book they were releasing, write a story, or as in Kate @ Another Clean Slate, talk about what they wanted. Kate is sharing about challenges and causes near and dear to her heart. Please welcome Kate of Tina's Terrific Team!I'm Kate and I blog at Another Clean Slate. This is my second year doing the A to Z Challenge, but my first year being on a crew. More specifically, I'm on Tina from Life is Good's minion crew which I'm told is a challenge in and of itself. Challenges must be my thing this year because on top of writing alphabetically for an entire month, I've also signed up to walk 50 miles. In three days. And I have to raise $1,500.
Yah, I told you I'm crazy. Both the walk and the A to Z Challenge are good exercise- one physically and one for my writing muscles. But the walk is also being done to raise awareness for Multiple Sclerosis (MS). One of my blogging buddies has MS and recruited me to walk on her team.
For those of you who don't know, Multiple Sclerosis is disease of the central nervous system that interrupts the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and body. Advances are being made every day to prevent this disease and keep it in check once it's been diagnosed. But that takes money.
I'm pretty sure I can tackle this year's A to Z Challenge. I'm sort of sure I can stumble through a 50-mile walk. But I need your help in raising the $1,500 for my part of the team's fundraising efforts.

30 comments:

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Good luck with your challenges Kate, very worthy cause, I am on Arlee Bird's Team if Ambassadors, Had to start a new blog at the week-end as I was hacked, so starting from scratch plus the challenge of being an Ambassador for the second year running.. Look forward to meeting you along the way.Yvonne.

@ Yvonne: I was wondering what happened...wow, that's so bad and at such a bad time. You seem like a resilient lady though, so I'm rooting for your success. Thanks for being an ambassador! We appreciate all of you.

@ Alex: Yes, we sure can! Every dollar counts. Why if each Challenge participant donated a dollar...well, you do the math, but MS would be $1000 closer to being cured. That's strength in numbers.Tina @ Life is GoodA to Z Team @ Blogging From A to Z April Challenge 2014

Pleased to meet you Kate and fellow Tina's Team member!!!! That's going to be some walk! I always wondered if I could do it for breast cancer but in the end I think I'd be hauled away in an ambulance. Do they put you up in a hotel at night or do you have to camp?

Kate - thank you for supporting the fight to cure MS. Hub and I participated in the MS Bike fundraiser in Colorado for several years. The organization's volunteers always do such a good job supporting the weary riders. I'm sure it's the same for the walking events. We experienced so many joys from riding, tears from climbing hills, fears from afternoon lightning and gratitude for clean port-a-potties at each stop. But the best part was knowing that we were making a small difference in a fight against a debilitating disease.

Great Work Kate and much luck working toward such a good cause. You look in pretty good shape to tackle the challenge on. We have a young woman in the neighborhood involved in MS, I guess I'll know soon if this is the event that she is involved with. Admirable.

Hi Kate! We're blogging with a purpose too on "The Road We've Shared" - our passion is better understanding and support for adults who have Down syndrome. So nice to meet you and thanks for sharing your story!

Hi Kate - sounds like you'll be a good bubbly team member to have around - Tina's a great co-host for the A-Z ... and last year I had fun working with her, and we now have a great blogging relationship.

So many with disease challenges, MS, Downs Syndrome, Cancer .. all such worthy causes to raise money for .. Endometritis is another I heard of recently ... I admire you all who take up these challenges ... I support the local hospice, and the local Nursing Centre ... so all I can say is have a very great April - sounds like it will be fun .. and good we're on the same team .. cheers Hilary